Acrobatic dancers at Tiebleke performance. Bin village, Mali

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Object Details

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Collection Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Collection Citation

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

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GUID

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Local Numbers

EENG-XII-3, 21.

General

Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "F 1 Bmb. Bambara. Mali, Bin village. Acrobatic dancers, (at Tiebleke mask dance, concerned with agriculture). 10/1959. EE. neg.no. XII-3, 21." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa

Mali

Topic

Dance

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Bamana (African people)

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Extent

1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)

Date

1959

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 01971

Type

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Black-and-white negatives

Negatives

Collection Rights

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form

Black-and-white negatives

Negatives

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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Large EAD

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EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871014859-5

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